Hon Chairperson, Minister, as PAC we are calling for the sustainable funding of the taxi industry as this goes a long way in the stability of the industry which is responsible for transporting millions of our people. This is one of the few industries that are in the hands of our people. We ought to take a close look at the state of our trains, on Passenger Rail Services, Prasa. The train stations are not user-friendly to disabled people and in some instances not even to the elderly and women.
Millions of our people risk their lives as they jump from one side of the platform responding to ill managed timetable announcements. We are calling for the urgent intervention to the injection of resources to better the current state of affairs in our railway stations. As the PAC we would like to call for the immediate renovations of all notorious roads in our country, not because ...
IsiXhosa:
... ndisandula ukuwa nemoto.
English:
We condemn the insistence to our people that they must pay e- tolls. Comrade Somyo, we support the budget. [Applause.]